CVE-2022-49671
CVSS 3.1 Score 5.5 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Feb 26, 2025
Updated: Mar 11, 2025
CWE ID 401
Summary
CVE-2022-49671 is a recently identified vulnerability in the Linux kernel. This issue involves the Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) component, specifically in the function "ib_cm_insert_listen." The problem arises when the cm_init_listen() operation fails, causing the cm_id_priv resource, which is allocated by cm_alloc_id_priv(), to remain unused and leading to a memory leak. The Linux development team has addressed this issue by adding the missing error unwind to prevent memory leaks in affected systems.
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Affected Products
- Linux Kernel
Affected Vendors
- LINUX